Defining the CDP gateway
You need to define a gateway for your CDP deployment, before you can protect any VMs. You can define the CDP gateway in a VM that is a NetBackup media or primary server.
Note:
Before defining the CDP gateway ensure that your system time is synchronized with the network time.
To define a CDP gateway
- On the left, click Workloads > VMware.
- On the top right, click VMware settings > Continuous data protection gateway.
- Click Add. Enter a Host name and Storage path. The storage path should have an independent file system, other than the root. Do not share this same location with other applications like, MSDP.
- Click Advanced to specify the advanced parameters to configure and fine-tune your CDP gateway. You can also use this set of parameters to estimate how many VMs you can support using CDP protection for a particular configuration of the gateway.
Parameter
Description
Maximum number of concurrent jobs.
The maximum number of CDP jobs that can run simultaneously in the gateway. A higher number may indicate increased peak resource consumption.
Maximum number of simultaneous initial sync
Number of VMs that can take full backup simultaneously during the initial phase of CDP protection. Specifying a higher value than the default, may cause increased resource consumption and affect existing protection.
Reserved memory for Continuous data protection
Reserved memory for the gateway. Enter a value in GB that is equal to or smaller than 90% of the total physical memory.
Data staging area per VM
Specify storage for each VM.
Reserved staging area
Additional storage area to handle the I/O spikes in the VMs.
- Click Estimate the number of VMs to calculate how many VMs this gateway can support for this given configuration.
- To add the gateway, click Save.